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DanWillHor t1_j6m7awc wrote

I remember getting so mad at Helen Hunt when I first watched it years ago. So mad, lol.

"She's fucking awful! HOW could she?!"

Then I watch it later and it's just sad because she deserves a life, too. Her partner disappearing doesn't mean she has to become a nun or perma-sad recluse. She also went through a tough time. Not the same by any means but she had to bury the guy without the body and then fell for their dentist (or whoever the fuck he was, I don't recall). The only part that still bugs me is how he came in to talk to Hanks as opposed to her, like he's trying to boss-up on him a bit in a passive aggressive way. Afraid she'll leave him, etc.

But I was SO mad on first view.

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TheDaysKing t1_j6nj1n4 wrote

IIRC, didn't the husband (and yeah, I'm pretty sure he was the dentist she mentioned in the beginning) only come in because Helen Hunt was too heartbroken to face Tom Hanks?

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Keudn883 t1_j6nz9qn wrote

She was a wreck. Her entire life was flipped upside down. The husband knew she just needed more time to absorb what was going on. He probably figured Chuck needed more time as well. When Chuck arrives at her home later on we see all that time she spent going over Chucks journey. That was her coming to terms with the whole situation at least until a few minutes later when she kind of breaks but Chuck tells her it will be okay and to go back to her husband and child. She goes back to her adventure and he leaves to go on his new adventure.

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DanWillHor t1_j6pipv7 wrote

Ah, probably true. It's been a while.

I do remember her trying to go in and being stopped though. She's crying and says something like "I got to see him" and the husband just puts her back in the car.

Could be a bad memory though.

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SleptLikeANaturalLog t1_j6n8xt8 wrote

There’s an element of this in the Count of Monte Cristo which similarly gave me mixed feelings.

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PeaWordly4381 t1_j6or0wi wrote

Please tell me you were like 14 when you first watched it. Or, scratch that, 4.

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